The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 128 The Italian who is greedy for life and afraid of death

Italy in this world is a region name rather than a unified country. The economic level of the Italian region is still good, and the northern part of the Italian peninsula can be regarded as a small industrial center in the Europa continent.

However, it may be because the Italian peninsula is full of small countries, or it may be because the Italian peninsula is the birthplace of the world's Renaissance and has a strong cultural atmosphere.

So the military atmosphere in the Italian peninsula is about zero...

It's not that the Italians don't know how to fight, but that they don't want to fight, or to put it bluntly-greedy for life and afraid of death!

Italians don't have a sense of national honor, and naturally they don't have the so-called mercenary reputation.

In addition, although the Italian peninsula is full of small countries, it is the headquarters of the church after all, so it is relatively peaceful.

Even in the current European war, the countries of the Italian peninsula have not openly joined one of them to fight.

For this reason, the Italians prefer to do business and live a small life, rather than go to the battlefield to fight for meritorious service.

This is closely related to their national environment and cultural customs!

Even the Italians don't care who rules them, as long as they can ensure that they have food and drink and will not starve to death, they are willing to be a tax lamb obediently.

In the eyes of the European powers, Italy is recognized as the best region to conquer. Naturally, Italian mercenaries have also become recognized as the worst mercenaries...

The reason why such a weak Italian peninsula can still maintain the situation of many small countries is nothing more than taking shelter of the protection of the world's traditional church.

Even the fact that there are many small countries in the Italian peninsula is deliberately done by the church. After the supernatural power dominated the world and was replaced by guns, the power of the church has not only shrunk seriously, but also split.

Originally, there was only one Catholic Church and one Orthodox Church. Now, the Catholic Church has split into a large number of Protestants.

Protestantism is not a faith, but an umbrella term for denominations that do not follow the orthodox Catholic faith.

Among the Protestants, there is another sect that is independent but has a strong combat effectiveness.

They emphasize the teachings of ascetic monks, completely put an end to hedonism, and call on the world to devote all resources and energy to meaningful things.

For example, to establish a country that belongs to the Puritans themselves...

The teachings of the Puritans are naturally unpopular, but precisely because they gave up hedonism, the Puritans were very good at fighting.

In addition, Puritans are more extreme in their thinking, so Protestants often distinguish Puritans.

Cromwell, who once chopped off the head of the British king and created a milestone in the history of continental Europe, was a Puritan, and it was his rise that created the prestige of the Puritans.

It's a pity that the teachings of the Puritans could not be accepted by most people, and in the end they only lost.

It's just that Britain is the country with the largest number of Puritans. In addition, the British government knows how terrible it is for these ruthless people to go crazy, so it has never banned Puritan teachings. The Puritans are also among the many unstable factors in the British Empire. A part of the extremists has been planning to reproduce the moment of Cromwell's glory.

Compared with the British Puritans, the Italians are simply another extreme. In other countries, it is usually the rich and powerful who pursue hedonism, but even ordinary people in Italy must live their lives in a 'refined' way.

You know, once a person pursues refinement, he will naturally become afraid of death...

How can a person who pursues a sense of ritual in life all the time be willing to leave this beautiful world?
Only those who are unkempt, who don't care about their appearance at all, and ignore the eyes of others, are prone to go to extremes.

Why ascetics are scary is because they have nothing left to let go of...

The sophistication in the hearts of the Italians is nothing in Yuri's previous life. In that world with advanced technological productivity, there are plenty of resources for ordinary people to live in sophistication.

But in this era when the jungle is prey to the jungle and resources are robbed, it will be over.

It is clear that war does not welcome refinement, let alone refinement of egotism…

On the battlefield, being selfish means that the person is a born deserter.

After all, it is hard to imagine that a selfish person would use his life to cover his comrades in battle. Selling teammates is the normal state of refined egoists.

So, in front of a group of elite infantry from the Western Regions who only had scimitar shields and a set of armor in their hands, a large number of cheap Italian mercenaries placed in the first line of defense only lasted for 3 minutes, and the whole line collapsed!
The reason why they can persist for 3 minutes is because the Italian mercenaries need time to recognize the ruthlessness of the soldiers on trial and their fearless fighting style...

A group of mercenaries who were greedy for life and afraid of death encountered a ruthless killing machine that was not afraid of death. Even if they had more advanced weapons, more people, and even brave friendly troops (Indian warriors), they would inevitably collapse.

Everything seemed so natural, the Italian mercenaries used their skillful life-saving skills to sell the group of Indian fighters whom they called bumpkins.

As a result, the first line of defense that could have easily encircled and wiped out only the cold weapon trial army, suddenly created countless gaps.

Crashes are contagious. What do American recruits who have only trained for less than three months do when they see Italians running away to save their lives?
The answer is self-evident, everyone is just serving food as a soldier, although there are some patriotic elements, but amidst the corpses and screams, that patriotic sentiment quickly disappeared.

The fighting will of the recruits is not good at all, the only thing they are better than the 'battle-hardened' Italian mercenaries is their patriotism.

After all, the American recruits knew they were besieging the nation's capital.

It's a pity that the performance of the Italians led this group of American recruits to the bad. It would be fine if the enemies were ordinary existences, but they were a group of demons who didn't take their lives seriously!

It didn't take long, as the Italian mercenaries collapsed across the board, the American recruits also collapsed.

The United States of America places its elite troops in the second and third lines of defense, which are more fortified. Although the first line of defense has the largest number of people, its composition is the most 'complex'.

None of the troops in the first line of defense are veteran regular troops of the United States of America. More than [-]% are American recruits, Indian mercenaries, and cheap mercenaries from Europe (Italians).

The United States of America does not know much about the situation in Europe. Although they have heard that Italian mercenaries are weak in combat effectiveness (otherwise, how could they be so cheap and have not hired many?), but under the idea that Europa is the center of the world, they instinctively feel that Europe is weak. Soldiers can also be used in America.

As a result, tragedy was born!

(End of this chapter)